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Episode 32 "Homeward Bound"
ListenWhere is ‘home’ for you? In this episode, we explore our yearnings for home, with songs of longing from Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, and far-flung wanderers in Chile, Canada, Kenya, and The Bahamas. Radio for the homesick listener on Tapestry of the Times. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds...
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Red Allen
Album: Live and Let Live
Track #
11, Home Sweet Home
Mike Seeger
Album:
Early Southern Guitar Sounds
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8, Can’t Get a Letter from Home
Coley Jones
Album:
Anthology of American Folk Music: Volume One, Ballads
Disc #1, Track #4, Drunkard’s Special
Lead Belly
Album:
Lead Belly’s Last Sessions
Disc #4, Track #15, Sugared the Beer
Lonnie Johnson
Album:
Lonnie Johnson: The Complete Folkways Recordings
Track: #
#12, Juice Headed Baby
Victoria Spivey
Album:
The Blues is Life
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8, My Head is Bad – An Alcohol Blues
J.D. Short
Album:
Son House & J.D. Short
Track: #
1, So Much Wine
Laverne Smith
Album:
His and Hers
Track: #
8, One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Snooks Eaglin
Album:
Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer
Track: #
7, Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
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Aaron Henkin is the creator and host of 'Tapestry of the Times.' He's also a co-creator and producer of WYPR's weekly cultural program, The Signal. Aaron's reports and features have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day, and PRI's Studio 360 and The World. He's a regular guest-host on the American Public Media program The Story. He's also the curator and host of a weekly podcast called The NPR Station Showcase with PRX